Workforce Development
How Manufacturers Beyond Machining Are Addressing the Skills Challenge
The need for talent in manufacturing is a challenge extending beyond just machining, and manufacturers in other sectors are finding solutions that machine shops might be able to learn from.
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What Is it Like to Study Additive Manufacturing?
This article and video series filmed at Penn State University illustrate what the school's first master’s students in AM are learning, and how they’ll apply it to advance 3D printing.
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A Place in Manufacturing Should Be Earned, Not Given
How do your children fit into your succession plan?
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Mike Rowe Work Ethic Scholarship Opens to Student Applicants
The Work Ethic Scholarship is aimed at those enrolled or planning to enroll in one of a series of trade education programs on the premise that personal responsibility and extreme work ethic are vital and neglected values in the United States.
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CAD/CAM Updates Expand Finishing Functions, Ease Job Management
Open Mind has released HyperMill 2019.1, the latest version of the CAD/CAM suite, with an expanded finishing module in the the HyperMill Maxx Machining performance package.
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Heidenhain Announces First North American Authorized Training Partner
Students and industry stakeholders can access and train on CNC systems and manufacturing equipment provided through Heidenhain’s first authorized training partner (ATP) in North America: the Advanced Manufacturing Center at the Community College of Denver.
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Video: Emotional Intelligence in Action at Westminster Tool
A companion to the recent 91ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ÎÛ cover story on a moldmaker’s commitment to emotional intelligence, here is a look at the culture change at this shop through the words and perspectives of team members.
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For This Mold Shop, the Key to Closing the Skills Gap is Emotional Intelligence
Thanks to a culture change founded on a commitment to emotional intelligence, this mold supplier solved its skilled labor problem and increased throughput per employee.
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Heidenhain Releases Online CNC Training Program
Heidenhain’s Heidenhain Interactive Training (HIT) 3.0 is said to provide advanced and apprentice-level CNC training and practice with Klartext programing and DIN/ISO programming within its three-axis machining learning packet.
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Change and Behavioral Styles
Learning the characteristics of each behavioral style and how people are likely to react will help you better implement change in your organization.
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